Display cabinet



W. A. HALL ANDv O. RBYINSON.

DISPLAY CABINET. v

APPucATIoN man JULY lz. 1921.

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w. A. HALL AND o. ROBINSGN.

DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED IULY|2.'192I.

1,419,846. A Patented June 13, 1922.

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wILLrAIvI A. HALL AND OTIS ROBINSON, OF AUGUSTA, KANSAS; SAID ROBINSON ASSIGNOR To SAID HALL. l

DISPLAY CABINET.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 13, 1922.

Application filed July 12, 1921. Serial No. 484,145.

To all w/om 'it may concern.'

Be it known that we, VILLrAu A. HALL and Uris ROBINSON, citizens ot' the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Butler and State or Kansas,` have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Display Cabinet, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to cabinet devices tor the display ol"l goods for sale, more particularly curtain shades and curtain shade rollers, and has for one oli Aits objects to simplil'y and improve the construction and incre-asc the convenience and operativeness of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device ot' this character having means whereby a plurality ot sets ot shades of varying qualities and colors may be successively disposed in accessible and visible positiou.

lith these and other objects in viewthe invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafterl shown and described and 'then speciiically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings 'illustrative Ot the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is a liront el.e'\iation of the improved device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view in section on the line 2--2 o'll Fig. 1.

Fig. I3 is a vertical section, enlarged.

Fig. Ll is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and v Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of one oi the holding plates t'or the goods supports.

The improved cabinet is 'formed with a base portion 10, vertical corner members 11, and a housing portion above the corner members and including a floor 12 ends 18 back 14 stationary rear top 15 and inclined front top 18. the latter hingedly united at 19 to the top of the housing. The 'front oi the housing is represented at 1G and is hinged at 17 to the floor 12 and is thus oldable downwardly into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 to expose the lower interior of the housing, while the raising of the hinged top section 18 will expose the upper interior of the housing.

By this means one entire side of the housing is removable to expose the interior, when required.

Connected at theirends to the end members 13 of the housing are a plurality of bars 20, the outer faces of the bars being segments ot a circle, so that the bars `coact to* form a circular bearing.

Bearing against the inner face of each ot' the ends 13 of the housing is a disk 21, each disk having a central opening to rotatively engage the bars 2() which thus serve as bearings tor the disks.

Attached to the'inner face of each of the disks 21 is a plate 22, each plate being formed with a. central circular opening 23 as shown in Fig. 5 to also rotatively engage the bars 20.

Each of the plates 22 is formed with a plurality of outwardly opening marginal seats 21 arranged as shown in Fig. 5.

1t will be noted that the seats are arranged in series, for illustration five in each series, with the seats of each series directed in parallel and staggered relation, as illus- Y trated in Fig. 3.

The seats of the plate22 at one side are opposite the seats of the plate at the other side, and are adapted to receive the ends of bars 25 to support the goods to be displayed.

The bars 25 are oblong transversely, as shown, with the side faces of the bars of each series in parallel relation, as shown in Fig. 3.

lormed in the margin oi one or both of the disks are small sockets 26, one for each ot' the series o'l' seats for the goods holding members, and attached to one or both ot the ends 13 of the housing is a spring pa-wl device 2T to yieldably and consecutively engage in the sockets as the disks are rotated. The pawl engages the sockets with sufficient force to hold the disks from accidental displacement, but will yield when suiiicient torce is applied to rotate the disk.

By this means any one of the series of holding members 25 may be disposed rearwardly ot the downwardly opening member 1G of the housing, and the article held thereby accessible and visible, through the open side of the housing.

The improved device is intended more speciiically for holding window shades and shade rollers in readily accessible position, when required to be displayed to a customer, while at the same time effectually protected when not required to be displayed.

For the purpose of illustration therefor Y tating the disks 13 against the resistance ot the spring pawl 27.

As arranged all ot the articles supported on `any one series of the holding members may be simultaneously displayed when the member 16 is opened.

It will be obvious that curtain shades or other articles supported by the members 25, one or more, or all of the shades supported by each series of the members 25, may be drawn outwardly over the downwardly opened member 16, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and thus disposed in position ttor inspection by a customer, without injury to the shades and with the minimum ot eiiort or laborto the clerk.

One or'more drawers 28 will preferably be located above the base l0 and between the closure member 29 of the drawers and the floor l2 of the housing, and a plurality oit shelves 30 are located in spaced relation between the Floor l2 and the closure member 2S).

A plurality of vertical dividing strips Si are arranged4v at intervals between the members l2 and 29 in the spaces between the shelves to ldivide the interior ot the cabinet into' a plurality of uniformly sized pockets or receptacles as illustrated in Fig.

The ends ot' the cabinet between the hous ing and the drawers are closed by doors 3Q hinged at the outer edges to the corner members ll as shown at 83.

By this means the pockets 'formed by themembers 30 and 3l are accessible through the ends ot the cabinet.

The pockets torm convenient depositories for the cartons ot window shade material, which may be inserted or removed through the doors 32. and by providing a plurality of the pockets, a corresponding number o't di'iierent colors or grades of the material may be supported in convenient and independently accessible position.

The improved cabinet may be constructed of any suitable material or of any suitable size but will preferably constructedot sheet metal.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the speciiication, but it will be understood that modifications within the scope of the claims may be made in the construction without departing from the principle ot the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. V

What is claimed as new is l. A device ot the class described including supporting` members in spaced relation and mounted tor rotation, each of said supporting members having outwardly opening marginal sockets directed tangentially to the axis ot the same, and supports bearingat their ends respectively in said sockets and extending between said members and adapted to support articles to be displayed.

2. A cabinet ot the class described comprising a casing including vertical end members, a plurality o'f bars in uniformly spaced relation and connected to the vertical end members, the bars having segmentalv outer ttaces and coacting to itorm bearing devices,

a disk at each end ot the'casing and having openings respectively engaging said bearing bars, a plate attached to the inner tace oi each disk and having marginal seats directed tangentially oit the disks, and holding members engaging at their ends in the said seats.

A. device of the class described including supporting members in spaced relation and mounted tor rotation, each ot said sup` porting members having sockets extending tangentially thereo't with a member closing their outer ends, and supports bearing at their ends respectively in said sockets and extending between the spaced members, and

held 'from longitudinal displacement by the closure members. v

In testimony whereof, we aiiix our signatures hereto.

VILLIAM A. HALL. @TIS RUBINSON. 

